10 killed in Pak election meeting blast

At least 10 people were killed and several others injured when a powerful explosion ripped through an election meeting organised by a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said.

The blast targeted the meet organised at Doaba in Hangu district by JUI leader Mufti Syed Janan, who is contesting polls to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assembly.

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